Hey Steven,
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 23 17:30:43 2008
From: Steven Mestdagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: width of DESCR?
Markus Bergkvist [2008-06-23, 22:25:49]:
What should the width of DESCR be? "OpenBSD Porting
Checklist"[1] says 'fmt -w 72' and "Port Testing
Guide"[2] says 70 characters.
I don't know where the fixation on 72 or 70 characters comes
from. I'd say it really does not matter that much, as long as
it does not exceed the usual 80 character terminal width.
IIRC, the general usage of 72 characters was done as a courtesy for
users who were replying to mails, in order to make quoting more
reliable. If we us '>' as the quote character, than we could potentially
have eight nested quotes going without having to rewrap things terribly
much. With 72 characters, if one uses a tab character for quoting, this
means probably about one quote level is still possible without having to
rewrap the quote.
As for why it would be a requirement in a ports DESCR file, I have no
idea.
Sincerely,
Aaron Hsu
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